Hook and eye.



No. 739,727. PATBNTBD SEPT. 22, 1903. W. H. SGQTT. r HOOK AND EYE.

DPLIGATIQNd FILED 113.22, 1903.

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Patented September 22, 1903.

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WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT, OF HOLMES, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 739,727, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed April 22, 1903.

To MZ whom t may concern.' A

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY Soorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holmes, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to new and useful improvemeuts in hooks and eyes; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character by means of which the eye may be securely fastened in position Within the hook and retained against accidental displacement or removal.

The invention consists in providing a hook having an enlargement at its inner end and also provided with a spring-loop which is formed integral therewith and is adapted when the eye is inserted into the hook to bear thereagainst and force the, same into the enlarged portion of the hook and hold it in that position until excessive pressure is brought .thereagainst in order to release the parts.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, l

and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my in vention, and in which- Figure l is a plan View of a hook and eye constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the parts in engagement. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hook with the eye detached, and Fig. Atis a central longitudinal section through the hook.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference, l is an eye of any suitable form, preferably constructed in a single piece of wire and comprising a transversely-extending intermediate portion 2, having arms at the ends thereof, which terminate in loops or eyes 3. This eye is adapted to engage a hook, which forms the principal subjectmatter of my invention. This hook, as illustrated in the drawings, is formed fn a single piece of wire and comprises parallel arms 4, formed by looping the wire, and this loop is bent over the arms to form a hooked loop 5, which is inclined downward toward the arms, as shown at 6, to form an enlargedy Serial No. 15 3.851. (No model.)

space 7 therebetween at the, inner end of the hook. The end of one of the arms 4 is bent outward in the form' of an eye 8. Tile end of the other arm is also bent to form an eye 9 and then continues longitudinally between the arms 4, as shown at l0, and is bent upon itself to form aspring-hook 1l,the end of which has an eye l2 integraltherewith and inclosing the free end of hook 5. Hook l1 normally extends across the passage formed between hook 5 and arms 4. It will be obvious that when the intermediate portion 2 of the eye is drawn longitudinally between arms 4 and hook 5 the longitudinallyextending portion l0 will be pressed downward, thereby tensioning the wire of which the hook l1 is formed and causing said portion l0 to clamp the eye in the enlarged passage? at the inner end of the hook. In order t-o withdraw the eye from engagement with the hook, it is necessary to exert sufcient 'pressure thereon longitudinally to press strip l0 downward a sucient distance to enable the eye to pass Vunder the inclined portion 6 of book 5. The voutward pressure must alsoV be sufficient to permit the eye to press the ends of' the hooksl 5 and 1l outward, so as to enable said eye to pass from between the strip 10 and the hooks. It will be seen that the device is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction, and no ends are exposed, so as to engage material which may be brought into contact therewith. The spring-hook 1l forms an efficient clamp for locking the eye in the hook.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; butldo not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as yfairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thusl described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the character described, a .hook member formed in a single piece of spring metal and comprising arms having eyes at one end thereof, a hooked loop integral with and bent upon the arms to form a passage, a spring-hook integral with one of the eyes and arranged between the arms and within the hooked loop, and an eye integral ICU l with said spring-hook and engaging the free between the arms and within the hooked loop, and an eye at the free end of the spring-hook I5 mounted upon the free end of the hooked loop, said spring-hook being adapted to clamp the intermediate portion of the eye within the enlarged end of the passage.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature zo in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT.

Witnesses:

B. N. NEWooMB, ALBERT NELSON.' 

